The following mp3 audio clips are from an informal gathering with two experienced Kara grief counselors who are currently living with cancer. During the program, Jim Mulvaney (Kara's Director of Programs) and Shelly Gillan (Kara's Director of Client Services) shared about their own experiences, how they are dealing with challenges of living with cancer, what they have learned and what has helped them. This candid sharing was from a deeply personal perspective and gave each participant an opportunity to reflect on their own experience of dealing with grief, a life threatening illness, and/or supporting a loved one doing so.

The event was facilitated by Jim Bronson, Kara's Director of Community Outreach and Education, and sponsored by Kara and the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.

• Clip 1: Complete program [90 min, 21Mb]
  
  
• Clip 2: Shelly Gillan's initial sharing [14 min, 3.5Mb]
  
  
• Clip 3: Jim Mulvaney's initial sharing [19 min, 4.5Mb]
  
  
• Clip 4: Living with multiple future scenarios, making choices (Jim) [6 min, 1.4Mb]
  
  
• Clip 5: How to support those we know with cancer (Shelly, Jim) [10 min, 2.4Mb]
  
  
• Clip 6: What did you learn about fear? (Jim, Shelly) [7 min, 1.7Mb]
  
  
• Clip 7: What did you discover in your relationship that surprised you? (Shelly) [3 min, .7Mb]
  
  
• Clip 8: Experience of my breasts in relation to motherhood (Shelly) [3 min, .7Mb]
  
  
• Clip 9: How did it go with your children after you told them? (Shelly, Jim [9 min, 2.3Mb]
  
  

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